The problem with my idea...

[uncle_al]

Ah, treatment...

Traditionally, it's a simple beat-by-beat telling of your plot, in present tense, with bare-bones recounting of plot.  Dialogue ONLY if absolutely necessary.  The longest I've written a treatment is about sixty index cards... maybe four pages.  Most advisors I've heard suggest you keep it to about two.

Hope it helps.

Cheers!

Al B.

[Willard]

I was afraid to write out their different stereotypes: teenage hunk (and main character)/teenage 'best friend' (and guitarist)/teenage moron (and procrastinator) - still popular in the sense everyone knows and loves them (except the antagonist and his football team jocks). I didn't want the logline to be too long/detailed either of course.

Could you expand on treatment a little bit?

[ScriptNurse]

First, there is no such thing as a logline being too short.

Second, there is nothing original in Hollywood. What is original is your treatment of the subject.

Are these three teens notably ... geeks/nerds ... jocks ... under-achievers ... ... or do you have one of each in the trio?

[Willard]

Three popular teenagers have just the day, and absolutely no money to throw the biggest party possible.

Alright, now my problems. First of all, is it too short of a logline?

Second of all, is it too unoriginal? We all know there's a high abundance of party movies, but the goal of this movie would be getting a party together... managing to get alcohol at seventeen, or getting a DJ, or even getting some form of a "bouncer" to keep the pesky grade 9's (who obviously aren't getting in on parties of their own) from getting in. Would throwing these plans into my pitch be too much information, even if the plans are all found out in the setup of my movie?

What draws the line between what is too unoriginal compared to the party movies of the century - Animal House, Superbad, or Old School? Is too unoriginal even possible?